EFFECT OF THE DIETARY PELLET:MEAL RATIO ON THE PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF LAYING HENS

The effect of dietary pellet:meal ratio on the performance of laying hens was evaluated using 60 Plymouth Barred Rock 30 week old hens. Hens were distributed at random to three treatments: 100:0, 75:25 and 50:50% of pellet:meal ratio in the diet along 49 days, with 20 replicates each. Final body wei...

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Autores: Sarmiento-Franco, Luis Armando, Juarez-Caratachea, Aureliano, Segura-Correa, Jose Candelario
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN
Repositorio:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Idioma:inglés
español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.revista.ccba.uady.mx:article/95
Acesso em linha:https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/95
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Veterinary; Poultry nutrition
Laying hens; Pellet; Egg production; Egg weight.
Gallinas; pelet; producción de huevo; peso del huevo.
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Resumo:The effect of dietary pellet:meal ratio on the performance of laying hens was evaluated using 60 Plymouth Barred Rock 30 week old hens. Hens were distributed at random to three treatments: 100:0, 75:25 and 50:50% of pellet:meal ratio in the diet along 49 days, with 20 replicates each. Final body weight of hens, polar and ecuatorial diameters of the egg, eggshell weight, eggshell thickness, and yolk colour were not different between treatments (p>0.05). However, egg production, egg weight, egg mass, food consumption, food conversion and production cost were affected by treatments (p